Margaret (Brown) Carpenter (1687 - bef. 1734)

Born 5 Jul 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Died before 6 Feb 1734 before age 46 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Margaret, daughter of James Brown & Margaret, was born on 5 July 1687 in Swansea, Bristol, Plymouth.^[1]

She married ____ Carpenter before June 1717 when she was named in her father's will. James Brown of Barrington made his will 28 June 1717, proved 08 May 1719, naming his wife; sons James, William, Benjamin, Isaac; and daughters Mary Angell, Ann Hill, Margaret Carpenter, Dororthy Brown, and Mercy Brown.^[2]

With Mr. Carpenter she had a son William who was named in the will of Margaret's mother. Margaret Brown of Barrington made her will 06 Feb 1733/4, proved 18 May 1742, making bequests to the unnamed children of her son James Brown, deceased; unnamed children of her son William Brown, deceased; grandson William Carpenter; unnamed children of her son Isaac Brown, deceased; son Benjamin Brown; Nathan son of her son Benjamin; and her 4 daughters: Mary Angil, Ann Hill, Dorothey Medbury, and Mercy Carpenter.^[2]

Child of ____ Carpenter and Margaret (Brown) Carpenter:^[2]

1. William Carpenter

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   citing FHL microfilm: 903395;
   FamilySearch Record: FZDD-MVP (accessed 26 June 2023)
   Margaret Brown born on 5 Jul 1687, daughter of James Brown & Margaret, in Swansea, Bristol, Plymouth.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Lainhart, Ann Smith. Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 23, Part 1, Family of John Howland, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004, pages 17-18, 66.

• Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. vol 2 p 175 Accessed at Ancestry ($)